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Editorial
. 2020 Aug;47(9):2062-2063.
doi: 10.1007/s00259-020-04837-4.

Is there a role for lung perfusion [99mTc]-MAA SPECT/CT to rule out pulmonary embolism in COVID-19 patients with contraindications for iodine contrast?

Irene A Burger  1   2 , Tilo Niemann  3 , Dimitri Patriki  4 , François Fontana  5 , Jürg-Hans Beer  4   6
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Editorial

Is there a role for lung perfusion [99mTc]-MAA SPECT/CT to rule out pulmonary embolism in COVID-19 patients with contraindications for iodine contrast?

Irene A Burger et al. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2020 Aug.
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